Sex Tips for Husbands and Wives from 1894 - Hardcover

Smythers, Ruth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849539766 ISBN 13: 9781849539760

Publisher: Summersdale, 2017

Synopsis

In 1894, Ruth Smythers, ‘Beloved wife of The Reverend L. D. Smythers’, wrote: 

‘One cardinal rule of marriage should never be forgotten: give little, give seldom and, above all, give grudgingly...’ 

The Methodist wife didn’t intend to be amusing, but this brief treatise written for young brides is side-splitting today and an eye-opener to how our love lives have changed in just over a century. 

About this title

Review:

`This nineteenth century prudish approach to sex is akin to something you might see in a Little Britain sketch' -- St Cristopher's Inns e-zine, November 2008

`What might have been sound advice in the late 19th century provides side-splitting giggles now.' -- Wigan Evening Post, November 8, 2008

`a thoroughly entertaining and hilarious gift sure to cause much merriment.'
-- Lancashire Evening Post, November 1, 2008

`gems found in this amusing pocket-sized self-help guide.' -- Rotherham Advertiser, November 7, 2008

`plenty of wry chuckles... For a bargain three pounds, this is the ideal present for the aspiring celibate.'
-- Forum magazine, January 2009

`provides side-splitting giggles... proof indeed that our sexual attitudes have changed drastically over the last century.' -- Lancashire Evening Post, November 9, 2008

Review:

`provides side-splitting giggles... proof indeed that our sexual attitudes have changed drastically over the last century.'

About this edition

• Publisher: Summersdale
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1849539766
• ISBN 13: 9781849539760
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 96